Health committee  I didn't taste the cookies, so I don't know. I only wanted to have an opportunity to share with the committee members. In answer to your question, it's interesting. Mr. Marangoni and I previously spoke about his product. One of the questions I put to him, as I've identified here

Health committee  We'll have some comments with regard to some of the issues in the report, as I mentioned in our brief. I call them observations. From a regulatory perspective, there are going to be some issues on addressing combination foods that use both a processed fat and a natural fat. I'm

Health committee  When I said five years, I said that in the context of not wanting to be back here having a similar discussion because issues had arisen with regard to an alternative. That's what we mean about a long-term solution. We want to have an alternative that's available in the marketplac

Health committee  Sorry, I may not have made myself clear, so I'm going to repeat this. When we talk about a long-term solution, it's not to do with regard to a timeframe or with the recommendations in the task force report. We're not talking about an implementation timeframe. We're talking about

Health committee  The task force recommendation is four years, recognizing that the three years is for all industries and there is another year, potentially, for those that are challenged, such as the baking industry. Our issue, quite frankly, is that if at the end of the four years we don't have

Health committee  What I mean by a long-term solution is looking at the genesis of this whole issue. I will go back to what Joyce Reynolds already referenced. In the sixties and seventies and through the eighties, the message was, get out of saturated fats. Industry made that effort and switched o

Health committee  Thank you. With regard to the long-term solution, we are definitely looking for a long-term, safe solution. This is related to some of the challenge and the anxiety level that exists among bakers. In advance of a meeting we held last month with about 150 industry people, this

Health committee  I need 20 seconds.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Let me start off by commenting with regard to the threshold. Denmark, as we know, has set a threshold of 2%, and I will respond now, as a member of the task force, that this was one of the questions we struggled with throughout our deliberations. Dr.

Health committee  Thank you very much, and good afternoon, everyone. I would also like to thank the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today to allow for comments on behalf of Canada's bakers regarding trans fats and the industry's efforts with regard to trans fat replacers. I ha